What would it look like if we actually believed that it was God’s job to judge, defend, and rescue us?

The Psalmist gives language and words to describe the heart of one in pursuit of God and hope in a time of duress.

Blessed are those who hear Jesus inviting them in!

Perhaps Jesus is not giving an invitation for men to prove their devotion, but rather to admit that they are sick and in need of a physician.

In Chapter 14, Jesus is invited by a ruler of the Pharisees to eat with a group of them. At the risk of embarrassment, they try to trap him again, but they are quickly silenced. He then shows them through a parable, that who they’ve waited for their whole lives, is now eating with them, but they decline the most important invitation they’ll ever receive.

We will look at the connection between rest, a vision for the Kingdom, the gospel, and lament.

Jesus helps us to see that one cannot think about repentance without thinking about grace. There is no repentance without grace and repentance is the fruit that God seeks.

Inherent to the good pleasure of the Father giving His children the Kingdom is His prerogative to see to it that we are ready. As the servants culminate in the return of the mast in the previous teaching of Jesus, this week the accused will meet the judge. Will we be ready for that day?

Like servants left with their master's estate while he is away, we are called to live in readiness for his return.

The Lord Jesus speaks the truth and promises of God that rightly go with a command to not be anxious.